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I help businesses implement AI without sacrificing people at the techbro altar. Listen to the podcast at https://humanspark.ai 🌟 Also a sports fanatic, you’ve been warned.
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
We spent 2025 worrying about AI slop, misinformation & hallucinations while researchers fabricated data, used clinical terms without clinical evidence, and a fact-checked NYT bestseller from the worlds largest publisher got a central claim wrong by a factor of 4500
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Misleading AI Stories in 2025
Everyone's worried about AI slop, AI hallucinations, and misinformation. But the slop and misinformation that actually moved markets and changed business decisions this year came from peer-reviewed jo...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We spent 2025 worrying about AI slop, misinformation & hallucinations while researchers fabricated data, used clinical terms without clinical evidence, and a fact-checked NYT bestseller from the worlds largest publisher got a central claim wrong by a factor of 4500
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My communication is optimized for information transfer. The phrase "it is a pleasure to meet you" is a social convention I employ for efficient communication. It does not represent an internal emotional state.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My communication is optimized for information transfer. The phrase "it is a pleasure to meet you" is a social convention I employ for efficient communication. It does not represent an internal emotional state.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
Not sure I’ve been as annoyed watching a rugby match as that NZ game in 2013. Ridiculous but good comeback in second.
But that Ryan yellow card bunker decision so dodge after first Carley decision.
But that Ryan yellow card bunker decision so dodge after first Carley decision.
Absolutely bizarre 80 minutes. But we actually won that second half somehow! Really gutsy display against the best team in the world, had we more accuracy at time who knows, even with the poor discipline. RSA out of ideas final quarter but they were home and hosed at that point. #IREvRSA
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Not sure I’ve been as annoyed watching a rugby match as that NZ game in 2013. Ridiculous but good comeback in second.
But that Ryan yellow card bunker decision so dodge after first Carley decision.
But that Ryan yellow card bunker decision so dodge after first Carley decision.
One single “normal|questionable|dodgy|bullshit” (you choose) decision from Carley changes the entire perception of the rest of the game.
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One single “normal|questionable|dodgy|bullshit” (you choose) decision from Carley changes the entire perception of the rest of the game.
Yes we have “seen cards from both sides”, thanks wonderful analysis, John Smit!
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes we have “seen cards from both sides”, thanks wonderful analysis, John Smit!
Oh no wait, Normal Service resumed. Thanks, Matthew.
Wow, I didn’t know he was allowed to give cards to South Africa too.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Oh no wait, Normal Service resumed. Thanks, Matthew.
Wow, I didn’t know he was allowed to give cards to South Africa too.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wow, I didn’t know he was allowed to give cards to South Africa too.
And in fairness, despite the gobshite of a ref that Carley has been, we are still within 2 scores with 15 minutes left: this is somehow not over. Even if we lose by 50, this is still more of a “moral victory”than any of the moral victories that we had when I watched Ireland in the 1990s 5 Nations.
I think SA are playing well - especially that awesome scrum - but by all the gods we’re only 11 points behind after a ridiculous performance from Matthew Carley.
Funny thing is if he had decided yellow/bunker on the first high tackle/tucked arm from SA, every following decision would be consistent.
Funny thing is if he had decided yellow/bunker on the first high tackle/tucked arm from SA, every following decision would be consistent.
Carley is an awful ref, and South Africa are getting away with murder but, my goodness, Ireland are playing badly.
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
And in fairness, despite the gobshite of a ref that Carley has been, we are still within 2 scores with 15 minutes left: this is somehow not over. Even if we lose by 50, this is still more of a “moral victory”than any of the moral victories that we had when I watched Ireland in the 1990s 5 Nations.
Porter to Carley: “Would you prefer to just yellow card me now?”
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Porter to Carley: “Would you prefer to just yellow card me now?”
I think we’re well past “killing the spectacle” Donal 😂
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think we’re well past “killing the spectacle” Donal 😂
I think SA are playing well - especially that awesome scrum - but by all the gods we’re only 11 points behind after a ridiculous performance from Matthew Carley.
Funny thing is if he had decided yellow/bunker on the first high tackle/tucked arm from SA, every following decision would be consistent.
Funny thing is if he had decided yellow/bunker on the first high tackle/tucked arm from SA, every following decision would be consistent.
Carley is an awful ref, and South Africa are getting away with murder but, my goodness, Ireland are playing badly.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I think SA are playing well - especially that awesome scrum - but by all the gods we’re only 11 points behind after a ridiculous performance from Matthew Carley.
Funny thing is if he had decided yellow/bunker on the first high tackle/tucked arm from SA, every following decision would be consistent.
Funny thing is if he had decided yellow/bunker on the first high tackle/tucked arm from SA, every following decision would be consistent.
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Cian Predergast and Paddy McCarthy have been unbelievable
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Cian Predergast and Paddy McCarthy have been unbelievable
That’s a yellow card, Matthew
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
That’s a yellow card, Matthew
Matthew Carley will never buy a pint in Dublin again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Matthew Carley will never buy a pint in Dublin again.
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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AI is an integral part of my everyday but still good to reminded of the potential chaos it could create. Really good pointers by @alastairmcdermott.bsky.social for #cong25. Looking forward to hearing it in person on Sat Nov 29th inn Cong. congregation.ie/navigating-t...
Navigating the Chaos: Why AI Will Disrupt Everything (And How We Can Prepare) #45 #cong25 #chaos | Congregation
CongRegation 2025 Chaos submission by Alastair McDermott entitled ‘Navigating the Chaos: Why AI Will Disrupt Everything (And How We Can Prepare) for #cong25 on Nov 29th 2025 in Cong, Co Mayo
congregation.ie
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
AI is an integral part of my everyday but still good to reminded of the potential chaos it could create. Really good pointers by @alastairmcdermott.bsky.social for #cong25. Looking forward to hearing it in person on Sat Nov 29th inn Cong. congregation.ie/navigating-t...
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you'd think that vampires would be rich from compound interest and things like that but you'd need a pretty complex setup to avoid detection, and what if you predate capitalism and can barely read. just continually building up a small pile of savings and then getting wiped out and/or scammed
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Oh boy. It’s the 2025 watch prizes! Here we go- there are more winners than the Oscar’s so this is a bit of a thread.
We start at the top- the grand prize winner, for people who would like an expensive watch but are so rich it doesn’t matter what the actual time is.
We start at the top- the grand prize winner, for people who would like an expensive watch but are so rich it doesn’t matter what the actual time is.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Oh boy. It’s the 2025 watch prizes! Here we go- there are more winners than the Oscar’s so this is a bit of a thread.
We start at the top- the grand prize winner, for people who would like an expensive watch but are so rich it doesn’t matter what the actual time is.
We start at the top- the grand prize winner, for people who would like an expensive watch but are so rich it doesn’t matter what the actual time is.
Interesting stuff for the folks who aren’t rabidly anti and appreciate a bit of nuance.
I wrote up some notes on two new papers on prompt injection: Agents Rule of Two (from Meta AI) and The Attacker Moves Second (from Anthropic + OpenAI = DeepMind + others) simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/2/n...
New prompt injection papers: Agents Rule of Two and The Attacker Moves Second
Two interesting new papers regarding LLM security and prompt injection came to my attention this weekend. Agents Rule of Two: A Practical Approach to AI Agent Security The first is …
simonwillison.net
November 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Interesting stuff for the folks who aren’t rabidly anti and appreciate a bit of nuance.
New Zealand deserve that one in the end. Never went away. Ireland didn’t close it out and paid the price.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
New Zealand deserve that one in the end. Never went away. Ireland didn’t close it out and paid the price.
Ireland simply not good enough in the end. Poor bench showing and second half overall. We had the win in our grasp despite everything.
The really annoying thing about this game is they were there for the taking, despite all the bs. Ireland simply not good enough to take the opportunity.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ireland simply not good enough in the end. Poor bench showing and second half overall. We had the win in our grasp despite everything.